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Chef Fritz Blank Victus Populi collection, 1874-2005 (inclusive)

Extent:
32.8 linear feet (82 boxes)
Abstract:
Chef Fritz Blank (1942 August 25 – 2014 September 9) was a prominent chef, restaurateur, and gastronome during the beginnings of Philadelphia's second-wave restaurant renaissance in the 1980s. His Victus Populi collection comprises over 3,000 recipe booklets, pamphlets, and cookbooks but constitutes only a small subset of Chef Fritz Blank's enormous cookbook library that was set apart by its focus on the American consumer and home cook. Blank titled the collection Victus Populi (Latin for "Food of the People") because he saw these pamphlets as one of the best sources of historical information about purchasing, cooking, and consumption habits of the American public in the 20th century. Many of the items appear to be promotional items or product premiums, often produced using relatively inexpensive materials and, as evidenced by extensive wear-and-tear and the occasional spatter, heavily used in household kitchens.

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Recipe book, 1877-1878 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 6 leaves)
Abstract:
Volume of culinary and medicinal recipes written by a young woman in the United States spanning from 1877-1878.

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Thematic recipe book, circa 1880s (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (160 pages)
Abstract:
This volume contains 64 culinary recipes compiled in the late 19th century. The recipes are grouped into nine thematic categories: "soups broths," "made dishes," sauces, "puddings pies etc," "cakes biscuits etc," jellies, pickles, "wine beer etc," and miscellaneous. There are two hands present in this volume.

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Pharmacy prescription book, 1882-1897 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
A volume containing over 2,000 formulas for prescriptions created by a pharmacy or druggist's shop in Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom, spanning the years from 1882-1897.

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Louis A. Mátos papers of pharmaceutical formulas, 1887-1907 (inclusive)

Extent:
0.12 linear_foot (1 box, 6 folders)
Abstract:
A small collection of papers by Louis A. Mátos comprising a compilation of chemical formulas and preparations for apothecary use spanning the years from 1887 to 1907. The collection consists six folders. Folder 1 is a volume of pharmaceutical formulas. Folders 2-5 contain printed ephemera, handwritten formulas and clippings.

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A. Fielden recipe book, 1888-1894, approximately 1930-1950 (bulk)

Extent:
1 volume
Abstract:
This volume contains 131 culinary, household, and medical recipes created or compiled primarily by A. Fielden of Stansfield Cottage, Todmorden, England between 1888 and 1894. There are several other hands present in this volume, including at least two contemporary to A. Fielden and one from the early or mid-20th century. This 20th century contributer wrote numerous recipes and annotated the 19th-century recipes with genealogical information about their creators.

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Robert George Eustace formulae, 1897-1932 (inclusive)

Extent:
1 volume (+ 2 leaves)
Abstract:
This volume containing chemical formulas for medicinal, veterinary, toiletry, household and photographic purposes was written by English chemist Robert George Eustace. The volume spans the years from 1897 to 1932.

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Dudley, Short & Company prescription books, 1907-1912 (inclusive)

Extent:
2 volumes
Abstract:
Two volumes probably of several volumes of prescription books kept by Dudley, Short & Company a pharmacy serving Brighton, England area. The volumes are comprised of formulas for prescriptions spanning the years from 1907 to 1912.

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Jessie Louise Many Rice diaries, 1909-1930 (inclusive)

Extent:
15 volumes
Abstract:
This collection of diaries was kept by Jessie Louise Many Rice spanning the years from 1909 to 1930. Each volume was written in a preprinted pocket calendar comprising brief daily entries by Rice.

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